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Libby trial to begin tomorrow

IDENTITY LEAK The vice president's former aide is standing trial on charges of perjury and obstruction of an investigation into the leak of a CIA officer's identity to the press

AP , WASHINGTON

Fitzgerald's star witnesses include reporters from some of nation's leading media organizations. Former New York Times reporter Judith Miller spent 85 days in jail trying to avoid telling Fitzgerald about her conversations with Libby. She is expected to testify about three interviews in which he referred to Plame.

Tim Russert, the Washington bureau chief for NBC News, is a crucial witness for Fitzgerald. Libby says it was Russert who first told him that Plame worked for the CIA. Russert says the conversation was quite different and did not even mention Plame.

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